DOE’s WETO commissions the National Rotor Testbed October 29, 2021 10:00 am The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office is in the process of officially commissioning the National Rotor Testbed,... View Article
WETO supports reclamation of retired wind blade turbines June 17, 2021 8:45 am The Wind Energy Technologies Office is supporting an effort by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers and partners at Carbon... View Article
Carbon fiber optimized for wind turbine blades could bring cost, performance benefits February 8, 2021 7:29 pm A new carbon fiber material could bring cost and performance benefits to the wind industry if developed commercially, according to... View Article
New tool brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually February 2, 2021 3:12 pm Sandia researchers have a new tool that allows them to study wind power, to see whether it can be efficiently... View Article
Report: Can deployable wind turbines decrease reliance on liquid fuels during military and disaster response? March 9, 2020 2:36 pm Sandia National Laboratories, Idaho National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently published a report assessing the opportunity for... View Article
Sandia researchers identify commercial viability of carbon fiber composites for wind turbine blades October 21, 2019 4:30 pm Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Montana State University recently completed a two-year study demonstrating the... View Article
Sandia researcher part of international team challenging scientists to reach Wind Energy potential October 11, 2019 12:54 pm A new journal article published in Science, “Grand challenges in the science of wind energy,” invites researchers to confront certain challenges... View Article
Wind program patent breathes new life into turbine siting October 1, 2019 2:35 pm Sandia National Laboratories researchers Christopher Kelley, David Maniaci and former Sandian Brian R. Resor were recently issued a patent for... View Article
Don’t set it and forget it — scan it and fix it with tech that detects wind blade damage July 1, 2019 6:05 pm by Kristen Meub, photo by Randy Montoya Sandia’s crawling robots, drones detect damage to save wind blades Drones and crawling... View Article
Sandia researcher to present at 2019 AWEA WINDPOWER Conference May 14, 2019 9:02 pm Do you plan on attending the 2019 AWEA WINDPOWER Conference May 20-23, in Houston, Texas? Then don’t miss Sandia National... View Article